The Vivo X100 Pro is a perfect example of MediaTek catching up to Snapdragon in terms of performance and power. The MediaTek Dimensity 9300 is a very powerful chip and daily tasks are smooth sailing at all times. However, there’s a caveat, this thing chews through battery life on a cellular network. We got a new update which might fix this a bit but the long-term battery life remains to be seen. Albeit, the 100W FlashCharge (bundled in the box) will juice it up faster than you can cook an omelette.
There’s also a V3 Chip which is exclusive to only the Pro model. This chip is sitting here for the new Cinematic Portrait videos and focus switching in post. It also enables 120Hz frame rate interpolation while gaming and reduces power consumption. For regular photography, we didn’t see any advantage in processing speed during HDR capture. The Vivo X100 Pro does better HDR for sure but it's also a bit slower than an Apple iPhone 15 to capture your shots. So most of the time, the subjects in your photos turn out blurry. You can enable the manual focus to lock exposure and shutter which brings the Vivo X100 Pro’s camera viewfinder even closer to a system camera.
Gaming and Geekbench scores are almost identical to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 on the iQOO 12, although the Snapdragon seems to be more power efficient. GTA Vice City runs as smoothly as the Snapdragon competition, although we did notice smoother movement on the Vivo because of the frame interpolation from the V3 Chip.